Stats from the NPD report.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=168207

Kids 2-17:
iPhone: 26%
NDS: 25%
Android Phone: 23%
iPad: 21%
iPod: 19%
3DS: 9%

http://news.investors.com/technology-click/091013-670460-apple-beating-nintendo-in-portable-game-market.htm#ixzz2ecTHZzft

makes sense since every household in usa has an ipad or iphone...

honestly, i'm surprised it's not more in mobile's favor from what i've seen on the street and among my extended family.

Well one thing is for sure.. Sony's handhelds have a real problem with kids.. :P

Wait till pokemon comes out... That 3ds percentage is bound to go up...

Personaly i think its bad for Nintendo/Sony.. Sure kids are still playing the handhelds but the amount of exposure with iOS and Android devices are gonna devalue the Nintendo/Sony/MS videogames.. These kids have just as much fun with a 1 dollar game as with a 50 one.. You and me were brought up with NES videogames that were always expensive.. Now as adults our games are still the same expensive price.. But for these kids, they have 1 dollar games..  to convince them later on to switch 50 dollar games won't be easy..

The only way to counter that and I think a lot of companies are aware of this, is bringing more premium content to iOS devices at a higher price.. Ace Attorney HD is 15 bucks on iOS just like the Final Fantasy games.. The only thing that there is, is that it could be possible that there will be a generation of kids who completly won't care about Mario but about Angry Birds and may never feel the need to switch to a handheld or console when they grow older

I want a comparison between kids and adults to see which one spend more money on games.
Well, I am happy about smartphones because they are the introduction to the console gaming experience.

The 3DS is going to sell nowhere close to the DS, so that's the worrying trend if you're Nintendo is that more kids are probably growing up with these other kinds of portable devices.

Nintendo will always have a share of the kids market, but it's definitely moving into an eroding fashion, especially as tablets get even cheaper and more and more kids keep getting their first smartphone at a younger and younger age.

I didn't honestly get my first cell phone until I was 20 years old and the only game you could play on it was Snake, lol. If you had a "fancy phone" maybe you could play Tetris on a tiny screen.

Only men play with a 3DS. Let the kids use the iphone.

I´m really curious to see what the 9th generation has in store for Nintendo handhelds (and home consoles, also extend that to Playstation and Xbox)...I wonder if it´s going to be something very different from what we´re used to.